dummies

Spanish translation: simuladores

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English term or phrase:dummies
Spanish translation:simuladores
Entered by: Silvia Browne

19:47 May 2, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / scan techniques
English term or phrase: dummies
The EP signal displays are mounted in the top row, the color displays are mounted in the bottom row.
Dummies will be placed when no 20" LCD is selected.
No multivision is allowed.
sandra carrazzoni
Local time: 14:51
simuladores
Explanation:
Se colocarán simuladores cuando no hay seleccionado un LCD de 20".

En el caso de que se trate de la configuración del display (monitor)
Dummy: (Computación) elemento no operacional o ficticio (dirección, instrucción, unidad de información) que se intercala en un programa únicamente para cumplir con ciertas condiciones pero que no interviene en las operaciones.

LCD: Display de Cristal Líquido

Sylvia
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Silvia Browne
Local time: 14:51
Grading comment
Sí, yo pensé lo mismo
Gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3muñecos de pruebas
Egmont
5cuñas, maniquíes, auxiliares de muestra
Ernesto de Lara
4comodines
Gustavo Caldas
3 +1simuladores
Silvia Browne
3maquetas
swisstell
3maniquíes (¿o maniquís?)
Oso (X)


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
maquetas


Explanation:
tal vez

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of: German
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
muñecos de pruebas


Explanation:
vid. ref.


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Egmont
Spain
Local time: 18:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 84

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Irina Dicovsky - MD (X): Solo muñecos (para simulácros) es suficiente. www.pronetac.org.ar/abierto_comunidad2.html
7 mins
  -> Gracias de nuevo, Irina, por tu amable aportación :-))

agree  Gabriela Rodriguez
16 mins
  -> Gracias de nuevo, Gabriela :-))

agree  Silvia Puit V�gelin
28 mins
  -> Gracias de nuevo :=))
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
maniquíes (¿o maniquís?)


Explanation:
Me parece.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2005-05-02 19:53:01 (GMT)
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dum·my
s.
2. (mannequin) - maniquí m

American Heritage® Spanish Dictionary

maniquí.
(Del fr. mannequin).
1. m. Figura movible que puede ser colocada en diversas actitudes. Tiene varios usos, y en el arte de la pintura sirve especialmente para el estudio de los ropajes.
DRAE©



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Note added at 2005-05-02 19:55:04 (GMT)
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\"...Una computadora ultra poderosa conectada a un **maniquí de plástico** permite ejercitarse en la realización de una broncoscopía con muestreo de tejido pulmonar.13 Se trata de una operación delicada, que requiere introducir por la nariz un tubo equipado con lámpara, cámara y pinza. La tecnología desarrollada por la compañía Inmersion es tan real que cuando el aparato toma el camino equivocado y se topa con la epiglotis del maniquí, es repelido. Al contacto con una cuerda vocal, el \"paciente\" tose. \"La fidelidad es tan grande que uno tiene la sensación de la vida real\", declaró el doctor Adam Levine, responsable de formación en el Mount Sinai, al diario USA Today.14 ...\"

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Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cuñas, maniquíes, auxiliares de muestra


Explanation:
No need to explain in english:
1. An imitation of a real or original object, intended to be used as a practical substitute. 2a. A mannequin used in displaying clothes. b. A figure of a person or an animal manipulated by a ventriloquist. c. A stuffed or pasteboard figure used as a target. d. Football A heavy stuffed cylindrical bag used for blocking and tackling practice. 3. A stupid person; a dolt. 4. A silent or taciturn person. 5. A person or an agency secretly in the service of another. 6. Printing a. One of a set of model pages with text and illustrations pasted into place to direct the printer. Also called dummy page. b. A set of bound blank pages used as a model to show the size and general appearance of a book being published. 7. Games a. The partner in bridge who exposes his or her hand to be played by the declarer. b. The hand thus exposed. 8. Computer Science A character or other piece of information entered into a computer only to meet prescribed conditions, such as word length, and having no effect on operations.



    Reference: http://www.bartleby.com/61/17/D0421700.html
Ernesto de Lara
Local time: 10:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
comodines


Explanation:
yo realmente preferiría dejarlo en inglés...


Gustavo Caldas
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
simuladores


Explanation:
Se colocarán simuladores cuando no hay seleccionado un LCD de 20".

En el caso de que se trate de la configuración del display (monitor)
Dummy: (Computación) elemento no operacional o ficticio (dirección, instrucción, unidad de información) que se intercala en un programa únicamente para cumplir con ciertas condiciones pero que no interviene en las operaciones.

LCD: Display de Cristal Líquido

Sylvia

Silvia Browne
Local time: 14:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Sí, yo pensé lo mismo
Gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oso (X): Por el contexto, me parece que esta es una muy buena solución ¶:^)
10 mins
  -> ¡Muchas gracias, Oso!!
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